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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340780 | Sports garment A sports garment including a pullover shirt having inner and outer lower layers. The inner lower layer is almost always worn tucked into pants to provide comfort and support to the wearer. The outer lower layer may be worn outside of the pants to provide the wearer ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7246508 | Automatic collar stay insertion device An automatic collar stay insertion device is provided herein. The device is for automatically inserting the collar stay. The device is mounted in a flat knitting machine utilizing motors and gears to rotate, locate and supply the collar stay. The conventional human ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6938566 | Garment adapted for label attachment A garment adapted for attachment of a label subsequent to the substantially complete manufacture of the garment, where the garment comprises a joining seam between two garment components joined together to form a collar portion of the garment; and a strip which cove... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6148445 | Awning sleeve shirt An athletic shirt made from a high-performance fabric having a tabbing system which allows the raglan style short sleeves (18) and (18A) to be retracted up to two distinct positions on the shoulders and releasably attached using tabs (14A) and (14B). The ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6112329 | Shirt with collar The invention relates to a shirt with a collar attached thereto and a left-hand and a right-hand chest blank which close in the chest area with an underlap having buttons and overlap having button-holes. A reinforcement area is provided which is bounded i... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5875653 | Knitted sweater of corresponding garment article, and a method of manufacturing it The invention is a garment and a process for making a garment. A garment in accordance with the invention includes a plurality of sewn together prewashed and shrunk knitted pieces each made from cotton yarn and each having a low residual shrinkage after p... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5771491 | Jacket and interchangeable lapel A jacket is provided made with a conventional continuous folded collar and lapel and having a zipper for attaching an interchangeable collar and lapel member with the conventional collar and lapel providing support. and shape for the interchangeable membe... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5097535 | Garment for use in health care situations A garment resembles pajamas and includes a shirt which has openable sleeves and pants which have openable legs. The sleeves and legs are openable for the entire length thereof so some or all of the wearer's limbs and body can be exposed for providing heal... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4989269 | Shirt collar In shirt collars having neckbands, an improved shirt collar comprises more than one soft layer disposed on the inside of the neckband, each soft layer being arcuately smaller than the neckband and a space exists between a pair of soft layers. Thereby, the... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4967420 | Tunnel collar shirt A shirt having an improved collar construction is provided. The shirt is constructed with a back shirt section joined to a back collar section. A "V" type material is attached at the joinder of these sections to re-enforce the attachment. A front shirt se... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4937884 | Expandable shirt collar A shirt whose collar has an internal portion interfacing with an external turned-down collar portion. The internal interfacing portion and external turned-down portion are separated by a common elastic insert joined thereto and said elastic insert allows ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4825472 | Shirt construction and adapter A shirt construction includes an adjustable collar for accommodating different neck sizes, and an adaptor is operable in combination with a conventional shirt for adapting the collar thereof for adjustability. The shirt construction includes an extension ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4773902 | Oxidized cellulose as a medical lubricant The use of oxidized cellulose as a medical lubricant is disclosed wherein oxidized cellulose is employed as a mold release agent or a donning powder in the manufacture of surgical gloves as well as in other applications; medical devices and, particularly,... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4648137 | Shirt with adjustable collar opening A shirt construction with a wing type collar is disclosed, having first and second strips of material secured to the neck band beneath the collar on opposite sides of the frontal opening. A third strip of material is pivotally attached to the first strip ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4603440 | Sport jersey A jersey for motorcycle racing or other strenuous activity, with perspiration absorbent and cooling cuffs attached to the ends of the sleeves. The cuffs, which are formed from a resilient material, extend over the wearer's wrist to absorb perspiration run... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4286337 | Shape retaining collar devices and articles of wearing apparel using same A shape retaining collar device for use with garments of wearing apparel as for example, a shirt having a torso covering segment. The shape retaining collar device in the garment construction includes a first fabric portion which is attachable to the tors... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4202054 | Collar construction This disclosure relates to a collar construction which is adapted to be secured to the neckline of a garment such as a shirt, sportshirt or the like. The collar comprises an elongated panel which includes pointed wings at opposite ends thereof, a free mar... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4011599 | Article of apparel collar and lapel construction An article of apparel having an improved collar and/or lapel structure, as well as the method of making same, and the patterns for making same. A collar made from a unitary pattern piece is provided for a garment, the collar being double-layered and havin... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4000522 | Shirt collar strap A front-opening shirt with attached, turn-down collar is adapted for wearing either closed-collar style as with a necktie, or in a casual, open-collar style in which no button, button hole, or other fastener is visible on the free ends of the neck band, t... | 01/04/1977 |
